Mauritania vs Nigeria: Rice — Area harvested, per capita

Mauritania
0.0171 ha per person
in 2023
Nigeria
0.0198 ha per person
in 2023
Mauritania rank
27th
Nigeria rank
24th

Rice — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Nigeria
00.0050.010.0150.02196119922023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.0198 ha per person against 0.0171 ha per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0027 ha per person.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 27th and Nigeria ranks 24th of 120 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0004 ha per person 0.004 ha per person 0.0036 ha per person Nigeria
1970s 0.0011 ha per person 0.0045 ha per person 0.0033 ha per person Nigeria
1980s 0.0039 ha per person 0.0092 ha per person 0.0053 ha per person Nigeria
1990s 0.0079 ha per person 0.016 ha per person 0.0081 ha per person Nigeria
2000s 0.0058 ha per person 0.0161 ha per person 0.0102 ha per person Nigeria
2010s 0.0114 ha per person 0.0174 ha per person 0.006 ha per person Nigeria
2020s 0.0159 ha per person 0.0199 ha per person 0.004 ha per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, per capita, Mauritania or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.0198 ha per person against 0.0171 ha per person in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested, per capita between Mauritania and Nigeria?
0.0027 ha per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Nigeria?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Nigeria rank globally for rice — area harvested, per capita?
Mauritania ranks 27th and Nigeria ranks 24th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
122 places, 6,272 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.